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“Leave!” Elias finally bellowed.
“No! Kit needs this!” she screamed back as tears ran down her cheeks.
Elias took in her shaking hands and pallor but spotted the sheer stubbornness in her expression.
“I’ll not allow you to imprison my brother!” Elias roared.
“I’m not! Kit has a demon trapped at The White Witch. And there is a Human Killer loose. We need your trap in case his fails,” the girl yelled back. Her arms wrapped around her body defensively.
“Liar! You intend to trap his soul!” Elias bellowed, and she ducked as a box flew over his head.
“I’m not. The Human Killer is my ex-boyfriend. Whatever you try to do to me, Justin has already beaten you. Kit needs yours to have a backup in case Kit’s fails,” the girl babbled. “My name is Stephanie. Please show yourself, Elias.”
Elias heard the begging in her voice, and his temper decreased as he looked at the petrified figure in front of him. Something strong was making her stay here and take this torture. Could she be telling the truth?
Elias appeared, and Stephanie gasped.
He was slightly taller and broader than Kit, but they had the same eyes. Whereas Kit’s hair was straight, Elias’s was tight with brown curls.
“You have Kit’s eyes,” Stephanie whispered.
“Tell me of Kit, and know, if you lie, I shall drive you insane before you depart here,” Elias warned.
A chair came out of nowhere and knocked into her knees.
Stephanie sat heavily on it.
“I bought The White Witch. Soon after, my ex-boyfriend, Justin, died. That night, the inn was attacked, and both The White Witch and Kit protected me. Kit told me I had to leave as he was protecting the world from a great evil. But he claimed I couldn’t leave while the Human Killer was outside. He explained Justin would hunt me down until he killed me, and Kit wouldn’t have that on his conscience,” Stephanie said.
“A demon trap won’t contain a Human Killer. They aren’t made for that,” Elias snorted. He still wasn’t sure if she was telling the truth.
“No, but if you remember, a week ago, Callie had a meeting with friends? That same night, when I returned to The White Witch, Justin attacked me. He wounded me badly. Kit and The White Witch saved my life. They applied a poultice made by CeeCee to the wounds to draw out the poison. Look, I still have scars,” Stephanie said, and she turned around and lifted her top.
Elias winced as he saw the five slash marks on her back. They were clearly fresh and in the process of healing.
She lowered her top and sat down.
“Kit and I discussed the impact of Justin’s attacks on the demon trap. He is terrified it might crack, but if we had yours, then he’d be able to imprison it again before it fled,” Stephanie explained.
“That would make sense. If he used his trap, he has a hell demon?” Elias asked.
“Yes. Kit says he can’t remember the correct wording of the banishing spell, so he has kept it trapped all this time. He said he can’t risk making a mistake because the demon would go free,” Stephanie elaborated.
“So you came to steal mine,” Elias snapped.
“It was my idea. The Crown is the closest to The White Witch. We need your help, Elias,” Stephanie begged.
“Then it is a shame I no longer have it,” Elias said. He was testing her.
Stephanie paled, and her hands shook. “You don’t?”
“No, it was lost many a year ago.”
“Oh, no,” Stephanie moaned.
Elias could see her thoughts racing across her face. His news had distressed her deeply.
“Then I apologise for intruding on you, but I must go to the next inn. Another of your other siblings might have one intact,” Stephanie murmured.
